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VOL. 3**. So. 2 URBANA, ILLINOIS DECEMBER 1976

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YOHP' UNIVERSITY OF Prospects for Change in Bibliographic Control CHICAGO COHPERBNCE Some 150 interested participants from library and bibliographic communities came to the University of Chicago Library School's 38th annual conference on November 8 and 9 to review the current state of and future prospects for bibliographic control. Every­ one present seemed aware that the bibliographic apparatus as we know it today must be changed* The high cost of running library operations, the voluminous amount of information availabki, the many unresolved user needs, and increased specialisation demand significant changes.

No bibliographic organization today can operate in isolation. Resource sharing is a must; interdependence will prevail. The national bibliographic service of the Library of Congess must continue, but it will not be sufficient. Other national and international organisations must also contribute. The entries contributed must be organized and coordinated and brought together into an integrated whole without useless duplication. But biblio­ graphic control must not be molded and defined by the limitations of machines. The catalog of the future will more than likely be an automated one, but that automated catalog must preserve the Panizzi panorama of the library collection and of the contextual relations of the works it holds. We must learn the capabilities of the computer and be unwilling to sacrifice our cataloging prin­ ciples to it8 apparent limitations. Why can the computer not provide us with more intensive subject control at less costt We must build on that which already exists and realize how urgent is the need for a national collaborative effort.

Henrietta Avram in the closing speech summed up well the message of the conference, and this article aims to retell her conclusions. She discussed the evolution of the production, dissemination, and use of bibliographic data in terms of solving problems. She demon­ strated that certain problems of the past have been shifted from one scenario to another, and present technology will modify today's approaches to solutions. The Library of Congress early proved itself the major producer of bibliographic data, and as early as the late 1950fs it began offering current cataloging data in machine-readable form to other libraries. That was also the age of local autonomy; libraries received cataloging data but modified this information in order to fit theirfown records and cataloging practices. Rules were interpreted by an institution to build and maintain its own files as opposed to the uniformity required for the building of a national union catalog.

COMARC and COMSER were born in the 60*s - attempts to build a data base for book records and serials in machine readable form. Bibliographic utilities aroae — organizations that have hardware, software, and a sizable data base of bibliographic records and offer computer based support for technical and public service to a number of libraries. The information systems of these utilities have different design criteria and specifications. They are service centers that represent a region of the country. pie precursor of national network of library information service is now beginning to emerge* This will probably be a distributed system with component parts linked by telecommunication. A national authority file, in some form, will have to be maintained. The sharing of bibliographic data and of the materials themselves will be a primary goal. Each library will be responsible for securing the information and the document needed by the user no matter where that material resides. And so each library must have access to the national data base of bibliographic and location in­ formation. Messages will be communicated by means of the various bibliographic utilities made possible through the use of standard communication protocol.

The Library of Congress is making a study *o define its own role in a national network. It is surveying the plans of the various networks and systems and eomparing these plans with its own opera­ tional objects* National agencies are beginning to discuss the possibility of the exchange of MARC tapes with their respective countries. Greater standardisation will be required if complete programs written by national agencies are to be accepted by all other national agencies. The IFLA Committee on Cataloging and Mechanization has been working on an international MARC format, called UNIMARC. In May 1976 this group completed the international format for book materials which uses the ISBD as a base. This UNIMARC format is now being prepared for publication.

The national agencies which are responsible for providing machine readable records of their current national interests and making these records available to national agencies of other countries will also act as a national center for receiving records in a UNIMARC format, translating them into their national formats, and distributing them to the library and information communities of their countries. Identification of a work will be assured |y the completely standard ISBD format. IFLA is now conducting an international MARC network study, analysing the bibliographic practices of the countries participating in the MARC network and the communication requirements of international exchange.

The future holds forth many questions. What will be the config­ uration of the networks? Who will manage them? How will they be funded? A aational authority file is a certaintyf and there must be centers to build and maintain a consistent national biblio­ graphic data base. Each library will have to have access to the national data base of bibliographic and location information. Since most systems today have different query designs, different retrieval systems, and other complex variations, how Hill queries be transmitted from one utility to another?

The catalog, as Henriette Avram sincerely believes, is still based on Cutter9s objectives. It must serve as a finding tool and as a gathering or grouping tool. The catalog exists to be used. It organises for use the materials that would not otherwise be acce­ ssible to the user. This organisation for use must provide: Who did it? What does it look like? What is it about? Where does it go? Just as each material piece is stored in a meaningful way with respect to all the other materials held, so each biblio­ graphic record must be so stored in relation to all other biblio- graphic records. The catalog is the instrument vhich displays the contents of a collection; its creation and maintenance is a very important part of bibliographic control.

This is a period of great challengef an opportunity to build on the technical innovations of the past decade. The technol­ ogical possibilities crying to be unveiled make this an exciting period; the clouds of uncertainty and insecurity that veil our vision make it also a frightening era.

SISTER MARIOS SCHRADER CATALOGIHG

I STATEMENT OF THE UHIYERSITT OP FUWCTION ILLINOIS LIBRARY STAFF ASSOCIATIOH The function of the Exhibits Committee is t* supervise EXHIBITS COMMITTEE the planning and preparation of library displays that are sponsored by the University of Illinois Library Staff Association. The purpose of these exhibits is to repre­ sent the University of Illinois Library collection, to stimulate interest in the library1s holdings, to give publicity to university events, and to feature the graphic arts*

GUIDELINES 1. Library personnel should be given priority over other groups in the University of Illinois for presenting exhibits in the Library. 2. A short written proposal for each exhibit should be sub­ mitted to the chairperson or vice-chairperson of the Exhibits Conmittee at least tvo months in advance of the proposed exhibit. This proposal vill be reviewed by the eomdttee who may request a personal interview for the purpose of clarifi­ cation*

3. Exhibits should not editorialize personal opinions9 view­ points* etc., but tkfey should inform and educate the public. They should also advertise resources available in the University of Illinois Library. For illustrative purposes, outside materials may be used in the display• Etaphasis should be on scholarship, education» and library materials,

k. Proposals will be considered according to their contentt originalityy and appropriateness of subject matter. 5. If the above criteria are not met, the Exhibits Committee reserves the right to review the exhibit and to recommend the necessary changes. 1977 SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITS Jan. East Asian art - Ernst Wolff. Feb. Display celebrating Black History Week - Pola Patterson. March Illustrated books* 1880-1920 - Jean MacLaury. April Medical plants - Phyllis Self and Mitsuko Williams. May Eighteenth-century physiologists - Betty Davis. BOOK SALE Sometime during the spring semester the Library Staff Association will be holding another used book sale. Please start saving any books you may no longer need. If you are interested in helping, please contact the chairman, Jean MacLaury (3-3^1 )• Further information vill be given at a later date.

NEW COOKBOOK PLASHED The Library Staff Association has received a good response to the questionnaire sent out earlier this month, and has decided to go ahead with plans for a completely nev cook­ book. Further details vill be appearing at a later date.

BOB DELZELL NARRATES PROGRAM AT ILA CONFERENCE Robert Delzell, Director of Personnelt appeared on the program sponsored by the Illinois Library Assocation's Intellectual Freedom Committee during the recent annual conference in Chicago, narrating the multi-media present­ ation of FREEDOM IN AMERICAN* THE TWO-CENTURY RECORD.

Mr. Delzell has been reappointed to the Chancellor's Nonacademic Personnel Advisory Committee for 1976-77*

He reports that the shooting script of the First Amendment film which is being produced by the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee and Vision Associates has been completed and actual shooting should begin in California in early January. Bob is a member of the sub-committee of the ALA/ IFC which is working with the producer of the filau

SABBATICAL Dr« D. W. Krummel, Proffessor in the Graduate School of Library Science of the University of Illinois at Urbana/ Champaign, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellmwslip for 1976-77. He is spending the academic year, during his sabbatical, at the Bayersche Staatsbibliothek in Munich, completing a history of early music publishing and pursuing studies in the theory and history of bibliography.

CORRECTION In the October Library Staff Association Bulletin, the article on p. ih about the OCLC User's Group Meeting listed Lois Pausch, Margaret Robertson, and Arnold Wajenberg as authors. Elizabeth Hanson should have been credited as author instead of Margaret Robertson. RETJREES Miss Marian Mullendore of the Catalog Department retired in December after 10 years on the University of Illinois Library Faculty. Miss Mullendore received a Bachelor's degree in English from Franklin College, Franklin, Indiana, and then worked at the Rational Bureau of Standards in Washington, D« C. and at the library of the College of Nursing and Health at the University of Cincinnati. While in Cincinnati, she took summers off to complete requirements for her library degree from the University of Illinois. Miss Mullendore1s library career has involved work in a variety of libraries, including the Quine Library of Medical Sciences at the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago, the Mayo Clinic Library in Rochester, Minnesota, and the Wittenberg College Library in Wittenberg, Ohio. Before coming to the Music Library at the University of Illinois, where she worked for two years before transferring to the Catalog Department, she was a cataloger at DePauw University in Green- castle, Indiana for 15 years. Miss Mullendore has taught courses in cataloging both at Illinois and at Syracuse Universityfs main and extension campuses, and she also taught a course titled "The Library in Society'1 at SUNY in Geneseo, New York. She has found librarianship ftcompletely interesting,!f and says that if she were choosing a profession again, she would not hesitate to make the same decision.

Another retiree from the Catalog Department is Mrs. Bernice Brightwell, who will be leaving the department in December after 2k years as a clerk. Mrs. Brightwell earned a bachelor*# degree in Education and a Masterfs degree in English tmom the University of Illinois. Before coming to Illinois, she taufcht English at Tennessee State College in Nashville, Tennessee for several years.

Mrs. Lula Johnston, Library Clerk I, Binding Department is retiring after 15 years of service with the University of Illinois. She has been employed in her present Job for the past 5 years. The department held a retirement lucheon for Mrs. Johnston at the Paradise Inn on December 7th.

SPOTLIGHT ON CAMPUS The Music Library, which opened in the early 19^0fs, moved into LIBRARIES—MUSIC its new quarters in the new Music Building in August, 197**• The LIBRARY facilities in the new library allow a seating capacity of approx­ imately 300, including 118 seats at steudy carrels and tables, 72 listening carrels equipped with earphones, listening rooms with loudspeakers to accommodate 1*8 people, six typing carrels, four pianos, 17 microform readers, and a seminar room seating 25. There is a staff of seven professionals and two graduate assistants, and a number of non-academic personnel, all under the direction of William M. McClellan, the Music Librarian.

The library^ holdings include comprehensive collections of editions of music and music recordings. There are also special collections of popular sheet music, piano rolls, 78 r.p.m. records, and Edison rolls, as well as slides, motion picture films, film- strips and cassettes. Those materials in the library which are about music—books and periodicals—represent a working collection rather than a comprehensive one, and can be supplemented by thousands of titles found in the bookstacks of the Main Library and in various departmental libraries. In addition to the cataloged materials, uncataloged items are available on request. It is important to note that the cards for music scores and recordings appear only in the Music Library's catalog, and are not duplicated in the public catalog of the Main Library. The Music Library also maintains an extensive vertical file on local music history, concentrating on the musical events vhich have taken place in this area. This file includes newspaper clippings, choral reference music, current publisher and dealer catalogs, and > a subject file. (

The library maintains a bulletin board for sharing questions and answers and a suggestion box. Exhibits are presented throughout the year, and cover a wide range of topics, from Jazz to Brahms, from Sousa to Wagner. To aid library users, bookmark guides and printed handouts have been developed. The library also published a monthly newletter News from the Music Library, which reports items of interest, as well as listings of newly cataloged music materials including books, periodicals, microfilms, music scores and recordings.

Through the purchase of special collections and through various gifts, the library has acquired materials of great diversity and value. For example, it has been able to purchase the Ludwig Zirner collection of approximately k$Q opei^scores. The library has also acquired two large manuscript collections, one of Rafael Josefty (l852-1915)f a well-known violinist, and the other of Joseph Szigeti (1892-1973), a famous pianist and music pedagogue. These collections include manuscripts of books and articles written for these performers, as well as their own writings*

The library has a Renaissance Archive for which it hopes to acquire (on film) all the source documents in the world for the Renaissance period. The library has already acquired a large percentage of these materials, including manuscripts which were previously thought to be lost. There is also an interesting microfilm film of the works of local composers, materials which are often difficult to obtain, but which are of great use.

Even from the very brief description given above, one can see that the Music Library has a wealth of material of all kinds available to both the casual music lover and the highly specialized researcher.

LIBRARY FORUM The Library Forum Committee sponsored a luncheon on December 7 in the Illini Union which featured Dr. Lucille Wert, editor of the Journal of gducation for Librarianship, and member of the faculty v of the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science, and Mr. W. Boyd Rayward, editor of Library Quarterly and member of the faculty of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Library Science, speaking on "Publication: Who, What, Where, How and Why?11

Dr. Wert began the discussion by explaining that a "refereed" journal is one which sends a manuscript which has been submitted for publication to one or more, usually twm, reviewers or "readers" who are in most cases subject specialists in the area of the manuscript, and members of the editorial board of the particular journal. At other times, reviewers might include faculty members of local universities, or retired faculty of academic institutions, depending upon the needs of the Journal regarding a particular manu­ script •

Emphasizing that for a manuscript to be seriously considered for publication, it must go beyond what has been previously published on the subject, Dr. Wert further stated that a manuscript must make an original contribution to the field, and not be a mere re-hasiing of already published material* She suggested that the types of manuscripts most likely to receive favorable attention from an editor voiald fall into tvo general categories: 1) descriptive studies, vhich would include bibliographies, descriptive surveys, histories, and evaluative studies, and 2) research studies, which would include analytical surveys, and historical evaluative, and operations research*

Dr. Wert stated that academic librarians should submit manuscripts in the above categories to such journals as Library Quarterly» Jomraal of Education for Librarianship, Journal of Academic Librarian- ship, College and Research Libraries» Journal of Library Automation, Journal of the American Society of Information Scientists, Journal of Library History» BQ» and journals in specific subject areas out­ side of library and information science. She also mentioned such "unrefereed" publications as American Libraries» Library Journal» Wilson Library Bulletin, and publications of many state library agencies as potential markets.

According to Dr. Wert, the three cardinal rules for submitting manu­ scripts for publication are: (l) knowing the subject scope of the journal, 2) knowing the journalist literary style, and 3) knowing the particular treatment of subject matter in the Journal. Taking the time to understand these three points and to determine whether or not a manuscript will fit into a particular journalfs perspec­ tive vill save much time and will decrease effort wasted in direct­ ing a manuscript to a journal vhich would have no use for it*

Mr. Rayward spoke primarily about the various levels of review involved in considering manuscripts for publication, including what editors initially look for in a manuscript, reasons for rejection, and approval of final copy for publication•

He emphasized that an author should take the time to understand the style of a particular Journal—especially in footnotes and other bibliographic references, and agreed with Dr* Wert that an author should consider treatment of material, scope, and style before submitting a manuscript. He lamented the fact that so much editorial time is spent in re-writing manuscripts to correct grammar and spelling, and to expand and clarify footnotes. In rejecting manuscripts, Mr* Rayward tries to suggest other publica­ tions which might be more interested in a particular manuscript than he, to note where a change in scope or treatment might make the manuscript generally more Mpublishable,M and to tell an author why a manuscript was not accepted by Library Quarterly*

Mr. Rayward feels that the overwhelming problem in library and information science publishing today is the danger of trivial- ization of the literature, caused by the increased emphasis being placed upon production of papers for publication, especially at the academic library level. He suggested that this production of papers should be part of a complete scholarly endeavor which includes both publishing and reading, and that "Publish or perish" should be instead, "Publish and read."

SLAVIC Seven librarians from the Special Languages Department attended LIBRARIANS* the 1976 Slavic Librarians* Conference, held in St. Louis in early CONFERENCE October in conjunction with the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. The first Slavic Librarians* Conference was held in 1975 here at the Univer­ sity of Illinois. The Conference provides Slavic librarians from the U.S. and Canada an annual opportunity to meet and discuss problems of mutual interest and concern, including bibliographic control of Slavic and East European publications, exchanges vith libraries in the Soviet Union, acquisition of materials in a time of budget cuts and rising prices, and inter-institutional coopera­ tion and sharing of resources. The 1977 Conference will be held in Washington, D« C. in October.

Activities at this year13 conference centered around tm* panels: "The publisher, the scholar, and the research librarian: challenge for the future," and "The Universal Copyright Convention and Soviet membership." Hugh Atkinson presented a paper at the first panel which dealt with how librarianship is changing as a result of budgetary changes and computer technology. Charles Timberlake, Professor of History at the University of Missouri, presented a scholar's view of the good features and shortcomings of Slavic library collections in the United States* At the second session speakers discussed the Soviet Union's recent acceptance of the Universal Copyright Convention and interpreted the significance of this acceptance for writers, publishers, and librarians. Among the speakers was Barbara Ringer, Registrar of Copyrights at the Library of Congress.

Harold Leich Special Languages

WORKSHOP ON Yasuko Makino, Far Eastern Library, conducted a session of the JAPAN "Teachers Workshop: Japan", which was a special feature of this year*s annual meeting off the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, a subgroup of the Association for Asian Studies. This year's conference was held at the University of Minnesota on October 15th and 16th. Mrs* Makino*s session was entitled: "Japan Through Children** Literature". The purpose of this workshop is to supply evaluative information about the materials on Japan and Japanese culture which are available in this country. Mrs. Makino is now working on an annotated bibliography based on the materials she researched for her workshop. ILLIWOIS OCLC USERS1 The Illinois OCLC Users1 Group meeting, held October H-5 at GROUP MEETING the Ramada Inn Convention Center in Champaign, vas attended by some 20 or so faculty members on our staff*

Robert F* Cayton, Ann Ekstrom, Peggy Johnson, and Thompson M* Little, all associated with OCLC, spoke at various meetings during the two days* The agenda covered in detail the soon-to he-operational new MARC formats for non-book materials, the Serials Subsystem, the Acquisitions Subsystem, and the Interlibrary Loan Subsystem, as well as the presentation of the report on catalog­ ing and coding standards (for monographs) by the Task Force on Cataloging Standards of the Illinois/OCLC Users1 Group, a task force composed of 19 members from various libraries over the state vith our ovn Arnold Wajenberg as chairman* Other meetings were geared to the Kellogg Grant Recipients, puhlie libraries all over the state which will be joining OCLC within the first half of 1977.

Perhaps the two most exciting of the presentations were Ekstrom1s sessions on the OCLC Serials Control Subsystem and the OCLC Interlibrary Loan Subsystem* The Serials Control Subsystem, being implemented at present, is an on-line system ©f record keeping which will not only include data such as call no*, location, fund, expected date of next issue, current holdings, retrospective hold­ ings and binding information but will also include when complete, an automated claiming function* A side benefit of the subsystem is that when one library receives an issue of an irregular serial, it can trigger the claims from other libraries* This can aid in claiming issues of serials already received by another library* It will also make information regarding holdings available to all member libraries either for general use or for Interlibrary Loan information* When questioned about the cost of the system, Ms* Ekstrom indicated that the idea of 8 cents per transaction had been discussed but that no definite charge will be set until later*

The OCLC Interlibrary Loan Subsystem is now under development* The design is complete, programming is in process, and testing will start probably in January 1977• The subsystem will be ready for general use probably by next summer* Documentation will soon be available to all users, and comments and corrections are being solicited* Ho fee has yet been established, but an investigation is being made into the present costs of manual systems* The on­ line system will handle requests, loan responses, and loan renewals as well as generate overdue loan notices* The cost, when determined, will be based on a transaction charge to the borrowing library*

Those who attended from the University of Illinois felt that the program was extremely stimulating and informative* As our pro­ fession faces the full impact of advanced technology on our comm­ unication system, we welcome more such sessions as were presented during the meeting* A special note of thanks is due Jim Corey, Systems Librarian, who with other members of the Program Planning Committee put together this meeting*

CAROL MELBY SERIALS CATALOGIHG DIVISION OSU LIBRARIES The Library Control System (LCS) at OSU Libraries was described LIBRARY CONTROL as having tmo major functions: (l) circulation, and (2?) c^talojg " SYSTEM SITE VISIT access. The hub of LCS is its telephone system, which operates all hours the Library is open, staffed by 27 half-time positions. Terminal stations are located in all Departmental Libraries and in the Main Library. Three self-service terminals are located near the card catalog in the Main Library. The initial conversion of 800,000 - 900,000 cards was completed during a six-week period.

On November 18, 197^ I attended the discussion group sponsored by the Bibliographic Records Division (BRD). BRDfs function is that of maintaining all records, automatic (LCS) and manual (shelf list). The shelf list is still being updated, but the serial record has been closed. Weekly maintenance includes additions, deletions, corrections, updating, weeding, location changes, etc.

Tpam June 1975 - June 1976, BRD handled some 80,000 transactions. It was pointed out that there was a backlog of several months, however and a need for more staff. BRD attributed a large per­ centage of the errors in the LCS records to the initial conver­ sion of OSU's records. Thus, BRD recommended that expert editing be done by UIUCfs library staff.

EMMA Si DAVIS REFERENCE DEPARTMENT

CIRCULATION Having just left a very busy card catalog area with its hordes of POLICIES AND people at the Circulation Desk, I was immediately struck by the PROCEDURES AT lack of queues at the OSU Circulation Desk and the relatively OSU empty card catalog area. Though their open stacks policy contri­ butes to this, since everyone in the building is expected to page their own books, the primary factor, I think, is the feature of the LCS Sysfcmm that provides remote display of the complete card catalog holdings, the charge information regarding these holdings, and the remote charge capability of the System. Patrons <*<>»* to the circula­ tion Desk only to charge, renew, or discharge a book in hand; to pick up a book already charged to them and being held for them; or to obtain assistance because they are having difficulty locating data on the public CRT terminals and the public Telephone Center phone and/or Information Librarian are busy.

The LCS Modification Committee which I was accompanying mas mainly interested in OSU's procedures and how they are implemented. The ( Committee will consider each of these features and decide which ones are adaptable to our needs. What follows is a partial list of 0SU*£ circulation policies and procedures*

Materials are charged, discharged, renewed, held, and snapped ,fon­ line ." The patron file also is up-dated on-line. When a patron charges a book at a terminal remote from the holding library, they are encouraged to call the Telephone Center in an hour before they go to pick up the book. In that hour, a notice is printed out at the holding library and it is paged. If it is found, it is placed on a Hold shelf for the patron; if it is not found, the holding library changes the charge to a snag in the computer and the patron is told when he/she calls back that the book is not available at that library*

Though it is possible to place a Hold on a particular copy of a title, this feature is used primarily by the Technical Services units who need to have a specific copy to process. Most Holds are placed on the title only, and the computer automatically prints a recall notice to the patron who has had the item out two weeks or the longest* When more than one Hold is placed on a title, they are queued by the computer and the first circulating copy returned is automatically charged to the first patron in the queue* A notice is automatically printed for that patron to notify him/her that the material is being held for a specified time in a particular library* When three Holds are placed on one title, a notice is automatically printed to alert the Acquisitions Department that the item is in demand and might be considered for purchase of an added copy*

When a book is discharged, the computer automatically computes overdue fines, if applicable, and issues vouchers to the Library Business Office* OSU does not fine unless a book has been recalled and both facility and students are fined when the book has not been returned by a specified date on the recall notice* Overdue notices are prepared in a "batch*1 process once a month and bills are printed once a quarter* Since patrons can easily renew materials by call­ ing the Telephone Center, they are billed for materials that are not renewed within a certain period after the pat*on has been notified they are overdue.

The Telephone Center is near the Circulation Desk and is staffed by clerks, not students* It is staffed during the general library hours, though not every terminal is staffed every hour* (One of the features of an automated system is that statistics are avail­ able on the use of each terminal every hour, so staffing can be more wisely scheduled to meed demand*) This Center is being used not only to search the data base charge and renew items, but also as the general information number for the library* The staff also discharge Stacks materials when they are not answering telephone calls*

Though the above features are not a complete list, they are the OSU procedures for handling the routine aspects of circulation* For more information on the mora specialized features, members of the staff training subcommittee or the modification subcommittee should be contacted*

FRAHKIE MOSBORG CIRCULATIOH

"2% and Change*1 The process of change is upon us* It is a fascinating phenomena to watch and exciting to be caught up in. Solid rocks and found­ ations slowly crumble to give rise to the new and untested* Old ways are modified or abolished to make way for new ways, new tech­ niques* In the hustle and bustle of an ever changing environment it is possible for one to get lost in the shuffle. Confusion can set in as one struggles to adopt the new and outgrow the old* Insecurity raises its ugly head and one soon wishes one had a larger "piece of the rock." One even longs for the comfort a£d safety of the "good hands*1 people*

For some of us, a security blanket presents itself in the form of the growing Union of Professional Employees, our campus local of the Ameriean Federation of Teachers* The Union of Professional Employees was organized with the following objectives in mind:

1. To bring associations of teachers and other-University pro­ fessionals into relations of mutual assistance and cooperation. /

2* To advance the interests of college teachers and other profess­ ional employees*

3* To improve instruction at the University of Illinois*

k. To eliminate all forms of racism, sexism, and other unjust discrimination in education*

5* To cooperate with organized labor for the purpose of advanc­ ing democratic concepts through the school at all levels*

All members of the professional staff and faculty are eligible for Membership* UPE represents the interests of those who may find themselves losing ground in the present changing milieu* UPE is seeking ways to get the State to meet its full funding obligations to the State Universities Retirement System* UPE members complained loudly about the 1976-77 P*y raise and boldly wore MI resent 2%* buttons* UPE is firmly committed to the protection of faculty interests and welfare through collective bargaining* For those who feel that collective bargaining and unions will mean loss of tenure, AFT national President Albert Shanker recently stated, "almost every union member has a contract which grants him tenure within $0- 90 days."

Change is everywhere evident* From the University Library, to the State Capitol, to the White House, as Sam Cooke would sing, "A change is gonna come*11 It will affect us all, one way or the other* We can try to weather the effects of the change by standing alone in the ivy halls of academia, or we can Join ranks with others who have similar concerns and use our combined strength to lfAffect the Effect*M If you resent 2% or even **.5Jf* now is the time for change* There will never be a better time*

WLA PATTERSOHi ACQUISITIONS MEMBER, AFT LOCAL 2287 ( COURSE 0FFERII0 The University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science vill sponsor a course on "Copyright and Libraries" at the Chicago Circle campus from Monday, June 27 to Wednesday, July 20, 1977.

The course vill be taught by Dr. William Z. Nasri, Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences. Dr. Nasri has written and lectured extensively on copyright, and teaches a course on the subject at the University of Pittsburg. His book, Crisis in Copyright» has Just been published by Dekker. The course next summer vill emphasize the aspects of copyright which are of most relevance to libraries, and vill include a consideration of the current revision of the copyright lav.

"Copyright and Libraries" vill meet from 9:00 to 11:30 AMf Monday though Friday, at the Chicago Circle campus of the Univ­ ersity of Illinois. It vill carry one unit of graduate credit, and may be taken by any college graduate vhether or not a degree candidate in the University of Illinois. The tuition charge vill be $88.00. For further information on registration for the course, vrite Mr. Richard F. Casper, University of Illinois Office of Continuing Education, 300 W. Golf Road, Mt, Prospect, Illinois 60056 (312-255-3320).

HOLIDAY PARTIES ft AT THE LIBRARY Holidays are tradipnally celebrated vith good food, as veil as in the company of friends. The library is no exception to these trad­ itions, as a survey of a fev departments show. The Catalog Department clerks had the first party* They attended a Christmas luncheon at the Round Barn Restaurant on the 9th of December. Another party vas held on December l6th in the depart­ ment vith staff members contributing the food.

Staff of the Commerce Library enjoyed a luncheon at the mini Union Ballroom on December 10th. The Music Library staff held their party from U:00 to 5:00 the same day.

December 13th vas selected by the Binding Department and Special Languages for their parties. Binding had a lucheon with the students as guests of the clerks. Special Languages enjoyed exotic foods prepared by members of their department.

Both Acquisitions and Serials celebrated on Wednesday the 15th of December• The former group enjoyed egg rolls and fried rice, as veil as the traditional Christmas foods, at their office party. Serials Department held their luncheon at the Western Bovl Restaurant.

Circulation Department staff is having a party at the home of Steve Sinks, on Friday evening the 17th of December.

CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS Many of the library staff continue to celebrate Christmas by FROM AR0UHD THE observing customs and traditions vhich their families have brought WORLD vith them from many countries around the vorld. Some of these traditions are described belov. A DIFFERENT CHILD1S An interview with A. 0. Griffiths, D*V*M. CHRISTMAS IH WALES The time: the middle 1930*s The place; a small hill farm in the Black Mountains of South Wales*

Christmas really began in September when the hazel nuts ripened and were gathered, put in tins and buried in the garden so that they would be ready and soft for eating at Christmas. This was also the time for making the Christmas pudding, a boiled pudding made in the traditional pudding basin, wrapped in muslin, and, after boiling, hung in the pantry to age. At Christmas, it would be boiled again { and served with a varm custard sauce.

Just before Christmas, there was a special poultry sale in the market, and geese and chickens which had been raised specially for this sale were killed and plucked, the latter being an evening Job done without the benefit of boiling water and with dire penalties if the skin of the birds was torn in the process. Holly was cut and sold at the Christmas poultry market as well. In scho*l, paper chains and bells were constructed and put up.

On Christmas eve day, the house was decorated with holly and, if any had been found, mistletoe. There were no Christmas trees or other decorations as we know them today. This was the time when Christmas letters were written and cards made, although as there was very little money for postage, these were generally not sent.

Christmas was really more like an extra Sunday than anything else. The big event was, of course, dinner, usually a goose or chicken or very rarely beef, this being one of the few occasions on which meat might be purchased. The high point of dinner was the pudding and sauce, and there never seemed to be enough of either. Ho presents were exchanged, but each child received one toy plus, in good years, a net stocking filled with an orange, dates, other fruits and perhaps a pair of socks brought by Fatter Christmas* There was a Christmas post, and this delivery was waited for eagerly as any cards were most likely to be received at this time* In the even­ ing, the family sang carols together.

Boxing Day, the day after Christmas, was really more of a holiday occasion, a special day for fun, not as solemn as Christmas, and hunting was allowed although anything shot other than a rabbit was probably illegal and considered as poaching if the hunters were caught* Quite often no shots were fired and the time was spent roaming the hills just for the pleasure of it.

A week later, on Hew Year's Day, the children went gifting, call* ( ing at each farm in the area, singing carols and gifting songs and hoping for seme small regard - usually a mince pie or some such, occasionally money. This activity was always done in the morning as it was considered very bad lack to do it after noon* If any money was given, it was taken home and put away for the next event of the year, the May Fair*

SUE GRIFFITHS CLASSICS LIBRARY CHRISTMAS IN Hong Kong, an international port where the East intermingles HONG KONG vith the West, celebrates Christmas as joyously as any Western country* Although the Christian population there is not as large as that in other countries, the Christmas spirit and mood have veil spread among all» who tend to look upon it as important a festival as the Chinese Hev Year.

Many Western Christmas traditions are part of Hong Kong's celebrations, among them decorated trees, caroling, the giving of gifts, and even Santa Claus. Schools close for term break* Even Buddhist members of the many interfaith families join iin gift-giving, although they of course do not participate in any of the religious services.

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JUGOSLAVIA In Jugoslavia, where there are two g»jor Christian rites, Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, Christmas is celebrated at different times, and with slightly different customs* Catholics, who live mainly in the republics of Croatia and Slovenia, cele­ brate Christmas on December 23th, and follow traditions which are quite similar to those in this country. The traditional Midnight Mass is very much preserved. On the other hand, the Orthodox, who live mainly in the republics of Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro, celebrate Christmas on January 7th, since their church follows the old Julian calendar. Its traditions have been maintained less and less since the end of World War II. Special non-meat foods are prepared for the Christmas Eve dinner, including bean soup with several different kinds of bread. A special wood called "bandnjak" is burned and walnuts are thrown into the burning "badnjak".

DARINKA CRAFT SPECIAL LANGUAGES

UKRAINE In Ukraine and among the Ukrainians, wherever they might be, the popular and beloved of all festivities is Christmas, which bears a number of the pre-Christian elements in its custom. The Christ­ mas cycle starts with Christmas Eve (January 6) and includes the Christmas holidays (January 7-9)t the New Year (January lU), end­ ing with the Jordan (Epiphany) holiday on January 19* The Christ­ mas Eve (Sviat-Vechir - Holy Night) is the most important family celebration. It is primarily an agricultural festival and is related to the family life and the commemoration of ancestors. Its main feature is the evening meal, called "Holy Supper" (Sviata Vecheria) which consists of twelve Lenten dishes containing the most important products of field, garden, and orchard. These dishes symbolize the twelve Apostles who gathered at the Last Supper. The day of the Christmas Eve is a strict fast in commemoration of the hardship endured by the Virgin Mary enroute to Bethlehem. Except for the preparation of the "Holy Supper," all work is halted during this day, and the head of the household sees that everything is in order and that the entire family is at home, because custom­ arily the Christmas Eve is the night of family reunion.

The table for the "Holy Supper," set according to time-honored custom, is first strewn with a small handful of fine hay in memory of the Christ Child in a manger* and over it is spread a tablecloth adorned with native embroidery. A specially baked bread (kolach), symbolizing prosperity, with two candles, con­ stitutes the central table decoration. If a member of the family has died during the year, a place is set for him in the belief that the spirit of the deceased unites with the family on that Holy Hig|rt. A lighted candle is always placed in the window as an invitation to any homeless stranger wanderer, or perchance a loit soul, to join the family in celebrating the birth of Christ.

The first star in the sky announces the beginning of the "Holy ' Supper". Its ritual opening is usually done by the master of the household who brings a sheaf of wheat called "did" or "dUdukh" (grandfather), a symbol of the familyfs gathering together, and greets his family with traditional salutations, expressing Joy that God has favored the* with good health and general well-being. The sheaf is placed in the corner of the dining room, and remains there until Hew Year when it is taken out and burned. In the cities this tradition has been modified, and the sheaf is replaced with a few stalks of wheat which are placed in a vase.

The "Holy Supper" begins with the Lordfs Prayer and a thanks- giving grace appropriate to the occasion. The first and tradifc tionally most important dish is "kutia", a preparation of cooked wheat dressed with honey, ground poppy seed and chopped nuts. The meal starts in a ceremonial manner: the head of the household raises the first spoonful of the "kutia" and greets the family with the traditional Christmas greeting: "Khrystos Rodyvsia" (Christ is born), to which they all reply "Slavim Ioho" (Let us glorify Him). "Kutia" is slowly followed by the other eleven dishes, and everyone must have at least a small serving of each of them. Three spoonfuls of "kutia" are placed on a separate plate for the souls of dead relatives ("dukhy") and spoons are left for them.

After the solemn meal, the family joins in singing Christmas carols starting with the main carol "Boh Predvichnyi narodyvsia" (Eternal God is born), and general merry-making. There is no general visit­ ing on Christmas Eve with the exception of bringing greetingsnaid seme of the supper dishes and pastries to grandparents and god­ parents.

At midnight or at early dawn the family attends a special Christmas service enriched with choral music in church. In the afternoon of the Christmas Day, continuing late into the night amd through the following two holidays, children and groups of young carolers visit homes singing ancient and modern carols, bringing traditional greet­ ings, and soliciting funds for their own or the worthy causes. They often carry a large star of Bethlehem and some-time a miniature manger ("vertep") with hard-carved wooden figures on it.

The holiday of Jordan brings the Christmas cycle to a close. The main feature of this Feast is an impressive church service and the blessing of water, commemorating the baptism of Christ in the Jordan Rivmr by St. John the Baptist. In the Ukraine this ceremony is usually held on a nearby river or a creek where a large cross of ice blocks is set up. The evening prior to Jordan is observed similarly to Christmas Eve but with less solemnity. During this evening young people visit homes singing New Year carols ("shhhedrivky"), the predominant number of which originated in pre-Christian or early Christian times. Several "schedrivky" were translated into English, or their original words wmre re­ placed by the English ones as in "The Carol of the Bells".

DMYTRO SHTOHRYH SPECIAL LANGUAGES

SWEDEN The Christmas season begins on December 13 in Sweden with the beautifttl festival of lights for Luciadagen (St. Lucia*s Day.) According to tradition, Lucia was a medieval saint who carried food and drink to the hungry people of her region. To commemo­ rate this, Swedish children rise before dawn and awaken their parents with trays of steaming hot coffee and fresh Lucia rolls — rich yellow, saffron-flavored buns decorated with raisins. The children wear long white robes with red sashes, the boys carrying candles and the girls wearing crowns of lingon leaves and tall white, lighted tapers. In the past real candles were used for these crowns, but electric imitations are common now, safer no doubt but less dramatic. Once a purely family celebra­ tion, other members of the community are now included. Often students will go to their teacher's house as a group, filing into the bedroom with the goodiws and singing the Lucia carol, a custom some hard sleepers might not relish. In the urban areas, processions of youngsters often go through apartment complexes, singing and distributing cookies and apples. In a land where the winters are so very long and dark, this is a particularly lovely holiday.

On Julafton (Christmas Eve) Swedes decorate their trees with candles or sparklers, streamers of small blue and yellow Swedish flags, elaborate ornaments quilled from colored wood shavings, and straw ornaments in the form of angels and Julbock. The latter is the "Yule Goat," which in the older tradition was the season9s gift-bringer. The children would leave a sheaf of wheat outside the house, and the Yule Goat would throw the presents in through the door. Now he has been replaced by the Jultomte (Christmas Elf) complete with red suit and white beard. But the Swedes still give 9Santa1 their own twist: often Uncle Sven or Cousin Lars will dress up and give the Eiddies their gifts 'in person.1 All that is left of the Yule Goat is the straw ornaments, and they, for the most part, are made in Hong Kong.

The Swedes enjoy a large smogasbord on Christmas Eve which usually includes potato sausage, lingonberry stew and lutfisk» a lime-cured white fish that many non-Swedes consider to be an unacquirable taste. The traditional drink is glogg, a hot, spicy wine punch served with raisins and almonds and often laced (or flooded) with vodka. Risgrott (rice pudding) is also an important part of the holiday feast. Cooked with milk, cream, sugar and raisins, it is decorated on top with an intricate design stenciled in cinnamon. A single almond is hidden inside and whoever finds it is destined to be married within the coming year. Juldagen and Annandag Jul (Christmas Day and Second-day Christmas— the 2oth is also a holiday) are generally spent quietly visiting with family and friends and eating up the leftovers,

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LATIN AMERICA Christmas in Latin America is celebrated in different ways, varying from country to country, but there are many similarities in ceremonies, celebrations and traditions. (

Christmas is essentially a religious holiday more than anything else, and is not simply reduced to exchanging presents. The giving of presents is done as a show of compassion to the less fortunate. Traditionally, as in this country, this is the time when children are given toys. In many parts of Latin America children still receive their presents on the sixth day of January, the day when the Three Kings of Orient paid their visit to the Holy Child and brought him gifts.

Christmas season begins in Mid-Dedember when groups of children sing and play homemade instruments, visiting many homes in their neighborhood where the Nativity altar has been prepared. Most people arrange a replica of the Hfely Manger representing the sceme of the Nativity, decorated with moss, green branches, a stable, shepherds and sheep, trees and houses, all kinds of animals, everything in miniature. The figures of Mary and Joseph are placed in the stable, and of course on top, the brilliant star of Bethlehem.

At midnight on Christmas Eve the churches celebrate the "Misa de Gallotv. This mass is one of the most impressive and stirring of the whole year, and also the most attended. It is followed by Christmas carols. After the mass, it is customary to have a family supper called in some countries "pieana". All members of the family are expected lit the parents} home, they visit and sing carols, making Christmas a big family party and the spirit of festivity is fchared by all. Children put their shoes in front of the Nativity altar before they retire to bed, and on Christmas morning, they find their toys and presents there, a blessing left by the spirit of Jesus and the Three Kings.

Christmas in Mexico is unique and very colorful; the ceremonies begin on the sixteenth of December with the commemoration of the pilgrimage of Joseph and Mary. On this night also begins the "posadas" and they continue each night until Christmas Eve. The ( "posadas" is the Spanish word for "inn" and its origin is the biblical story of the nine-day journey of Joseph and Mary from Nazareth to Bethlehem where they sought lodging from inn to inn.

A group of friends get together and organize themselves to form a procession and go to the homes of their friends, seeking entrance. This is done each of the nine nights before Christmas Eve. Some of the people in the group dress to represent the characters of the Nativity: Joseph, Mary, the Magi, the shepherds, etc. They walk slowly and quietly, led by Joseph and Mary, all carrying lighted candles. The procession goes from house to house singing and ask- ing for hospitality, as long ago, when Joseph and Mary vent from inn to inn seeking lodging.

They assemble in front of a chosen home at one of the windows* The ifikeeper appears at the window and Joseph asks him for entrance in the name of God, because Mary is tired and cannot walk anymore and it is close to the time for her to give birth. The innkeeper shakes his head as he sings, denying lodging. Joseph insists, but the innkeeper is cold and persistent in his refusal. The group of travellers are tired and they sing in chorus asking the innkeeper to be humane and to have charity. The inn­ keeper, still singing, asks the group to leave and closes the window noisily upon them. Because they are weary, they go to seek lodging elswhere. The group goes to nine different homes, ane each night, only to be sent away from each with the same rebuff. After the symbolic denial of lodging, the group and the hosts have a brief party, one on each night preceeding Christmas. People dance and sing and usually the host for that night prepares a "pinata." Finally they arrive at a more friendly home on the ninth day, Christmas Eve. The procession enters and helps to arrange the manger and the Nativity Crib. Everyone sings with deep reverence the well known carol:

Noche de Pas (Silent night) Noche de amor ... (Holy night •••)

The Three Kings of Orient, have also entered, they show revemeace and present gifts to the Holy Child in the manger.

The celebration culminates with a solemn religious observation on Christmas Day. Yet the spirit of this holy time goes on until the sixth of January when the Three Magi pass again in the silence of the night bringing gifts for the children. All of these three weeks are full of Joy and feasts, the merry making of a carnival is heard on the streets, in the parks and in the homes of all Mexico.

But no matter how one celebrates Christmas season or Christmas day, it is a time when our hearts are full with Joy, love and compassion. On this day there is peace in our spirits and hope for a better tomorrow.

NELLY GONZALEZ LATIN AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHER NEW YEAR IH The main end of the year festival in Scotland is notf SCOTLAHD paradoxically, Christmas, but New Year. This is rather odd in a country which was basically a Calviaist theocracy for two hundred years—as the government was in England, the Church became the only national body in Scotland and so acquired in­ ordinate power—and no logical explanation can be given for it. On New Year's Eve, known in the dialect of the tribe as "Hogmanay/1 children who are dressed up as "guisers" (the word obviously comes from disguised) go around peoples9 houses asking for cakes and fruit, and threatening the housewife with the following ditty: {

Get up good wife and bin no sweir, (donH^be lazy) And deal your cakes and cheese while you are here, For time will come when you111 be dead, And neither need your cheese and bread.

From about six till midnight, Scottish families gather in their houses, consuming cake and whisky, but after midnight they go out to visit their friends, observing the custom which is known as "first footing." It may be that one will be the "first foot," i.e. the first person to set foot in a person's home for the New Year, and if so, so the superstition goes, one may determine the entire luck of the household for the year. It is very bad luck for the first person crossing the threshhold and thus bringing in the New Year to be a woman and fair haired, and a combination of the two would be absolutely fatal:

If the first foot be a woman, And that woman she be fair, In all the days that follow, You will have a care.

A dark haired man is the luckiest visitor of all, and represents an ideal, to which, among others, the author of this piece being red-haired, has never attained. More important than the appearance of the first foot is the gift that he brings— a lump of coal is traditionally the luckiest. This is easily explained by the fact that Scottish houses are heated by coal fires, and a favorite New Year toast is "Lang may your lum reek." (Long may your chimney smoke). The city of Edinburgh was called by Sir Walter Scott "Auld Irakis," (Old Smokey), and fully deserves the name, because, if one observes it from the surrounding hills, one sees all the chimneys smoking. If the first foot has no gift the owner of the house has the right to take something from him, a handkerchief, a shilling, or small object. It is perhaps a form of one-upmanship on one1s enemy to visit him empty-handed on New Yearfs Day. ( Needless to say the drinking of whisky continues in Scotland all through Christmas and the New Year—contrary to the myth that it is all exported to the U.S.—-which leads me to end on the Joke about the man who was swinging round a laj$p-post in Edinburgh on New Year's Day shouting "Ye canna hae baith, ye canna hae baith." (You canft have both, you can't have both). When asked by an interlocuter, "Ye canna hae baith what," he replied, "A Merry tmas and a Happy New Year."

EDWARD NAPIER SPECIAL LANGUAGES CHRISTMAS IN The first star in the evening sky on Christmas Eve, the "star POLAND of Bethiehem", sets the theme for Poland1 s Christmas traditions. With its appearance the day-long fast of Wigilia is ended, and families gather around the table to honor the Christ-child.

Straw is traditionally spread under the table in Remembrance of the stable in Bethlehem and a chair is left vacant for the Holy Child.

Before the meal begins, the tradition of the Peace Wafer (oplatek) is observed. The ***fers are small, round, and flat, similar to those used in the Roman Catholic Communion rite. They are dis­ tributed by the head of the family to all those around the table, with an exchange of good wishes. This custom symbolizes the peace and friendship of those present and is derived from the ancient tradition of "breaking bread".

Following this simple ceremony the Christmas Eve meal begins. Traditionally a twelve-course affair, it consists of, among other things, soup, fish of various kinds, cabbage, mushrooms, almonds, and sweetmeats made from honey and poppy seeds. Meat is never eaten at this meal.

After supper the Star Man (Gwiazdor) arrives to examine the child­ ren in their religious knowledge. After a question and answer session the children receive small gifts from the Wise Men, im­ personated by three young men who carry an illuminated star and sing carols. In rural areas the Star Boys ape accompanied by groups of young people in disguise. Some dress as characters from the Nativity; othmrs may introduce animals or characters of folk­ lore to add a note of amusement or entertainment. As they go from house to house singing carols, the performers receive treats. Songs and carols which celebrate the Polish Christmas are a combination of the religious and secular sentiments of the people and date back to the Middle Ages.

The midnight mass on Christmas Eve is called "Pasterka", the mass of the shepherds. According to a legend popular in Poland, on this night the heavens opensand those who have been living pure lives can see a vision of Jacobfs ladder.

The Christmas tree is an important part of Polish Christmas customs -as it is of Christmas customs in many other countries. Although the tree may have many varieties of ornaments, and will differ in the city and country, stars in many varieties will be found on all. Red and white, the national colors, are popular in intricate paper decorations.

WSNDT KURCZABA SPECIAL LANGUAGES

SPAIN Creche scenes are, of course, the principal decorations for Christmas in Spain, although Christmas trees are becoming popular. Rather than whole trees, these are usually built from small branches of evergreen wired to posts. They are thick and bushy-looking but extremely dry and brittle • Hoche Buena (Christmas Eve) is a rather noisy holiday ~" the stores are open until midnight, and the streets are crowded with laughing9 singing celebrators. Traditionally people from the smaller towns and villages flood in to the cities at this time. They come to see the sights — particularly the strings of lights woven into barroque patterns over the streets — and to set up booths on the walkways to sell fruit and candy and toys. They also sell noisemakers consisting of a plastic cup with a rough cord knotted and stuck through the bottom. In skilled hands this , simple device can be made to sound like a cock crowing9 in less ' skilled hands it sounds like a very sick hen. At midnight all the church bells peal and the Misa del Gallo (Midnight Mass;, literally, Cock Crow Mass) is celebrated. Afterwards the festivities continue and many people stay up until dawn.

On the Pascua de Havidad (Christmas Day) there are processions of gigantes (dancers wearing huge paste-board heads) that dance to the music of fife and drums. This is the day when it is custom­ ary to give small gifts or cards to the people who have rendered you some service during the year: from the priest and the doctor to the concierge (building caretaker) to the sereno (The night watchman who comes when you stand on the street corner and claps and lets you into your apartment building with his huge ring of keys if you have forgotten your own). In the cities gifts are also given to the local policeman, and it is a common sight to see him standing in the middle of a busy intersection directing traffic, surrounded by a mound of brightly-wrapped parcels.

From the children's point of view, the high point of the holiday season is actually January 6thf ^, pia de los Reyes Magos (Epiphany)* This is when the Three Kings bring them toys and turrones (bars of hard candy made from almonds). Early in December, where American department stores have a Santa Claus, the Spanish ones hire a *Kingf to listen to the children's Christmas wishes. Almost in­ evitably it is Baltazar that is depicted, a tall Black man in flow­ ing robes and bejeweled turbin, surrounded by a court of beautiful female assistants. (Possibly it is the latter that accounts for there being as many fathers holding the kids9 hands in the waiting line as there are mothers.) Santa Claus has been introduced in recent years, especially in the larger cities, but since the children have come to expect Baltasar as the gift-giver, a red- cheeked Santa won't do. The man in the red suit and white whiskers is still black. On the evening of the 5th, the children stuff their shoes with straw for the Kings' horses and in*the morning they tumble out of bed at dawn to see what the Wise Men have left them. v

JUDITH E. THORHTOH-JARINGE CATALOGING LCS CHRISTMAS The Twelve Days of LCS Christmas

On the first day of Christmas, Our Leader gave to me a cute little CRT.

On the second day of Christmas, Our Leader gave to me a staff training handbook and a cute little CRT,

On the third day of Christmas, Our Leader gave to me three hard copy printers, staff training handbook, and a cute little CRT.

On the fourth day of Christmas, Our Leader gave to me four site planners, three hard copy printers, staff training handbook, and a cute little CRT.

On the fifth day of Christmas, Our Leader gave to me a trip to O.S.U.! for site planners, three hard copy printers, staff train­ ing handbook, and a cute little CRT.

On the sixth day of Christmas, Our Leader gave to me shelflist conversion, a trip to O.S.U.! four site planners, three hard copy printers, staff training handbook, and a cute little CRT.

On the seventh day of Christmas, Our Leader gave to me seven vendors bidding,....

On the eighth day of Christmas, Our Leader gave to me eight hundred overdue slips,....

On the ninth day of Christmas, Our Leader gave to me nine print­ outs to edit,,...

On the tenth day of Christmas, Our Leader gave to me ten minutes down-time,...

On the eleventh day of Christmas, Our Leader gave to me eleven new search keys,••.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, Our Leader gave to me twelve algorithms, eleven new search keys, ten minutes down-time, nine print-outs to edit, eight hundred overdue slips, seven vendors bidding, shelflist conversion, a trip to O.S.U.I four site planners, three hard copy printers, staff training handbook, and a cute little CRT.

8UE NICKERSON MUSIC LIBRARY NONACADEMIC ANDREWS, Susan M., Serials,.Library Clerk II, APPOINTMENTS October 13, 1976.

ATACK, Rebecca, Special Languages, Library Clerk II, October 19, 1976.

BERGERON, Ann L., History Library, Library Clerk II, November Jft, 1976*

BRAZIL; Eugenia Lee, Serials, Library Clerk I Learner, ( October 26, 1976*

BURTON, Cynthia R., Acquisitions, Library Clerk II, November 179 1976.

DESSOUKY, Ibtesam A.R., Illinois Research and Reference, Library Clerk II, 59* # September 27» 1976.

DUNKELBERGER, John G., Special Languages, Library Technical Assistant I, 50*, November 29* 1976.

POSTER, Yvonne J. Library Office, Clerk-Typist II, 50*, November 9t 1976.

GAITHER, Mary L., Catalog, Clerk-Typist II, November 22, 1976.

HAWKINS, Johana K., Lav Library, Library Clerk II, October U, 1976.

HEABERLIN, John C, Circulation, Library Clerk II, November 22, 1976.

HUMMEL, Laura K., Circulation, Library Clerk II, Change from 50* to 100*, October k9 1976.

INSKIP, Patsy Lee, Architecture, Library Clerk II, November 18, 1976.

KEYLON, Diedre K., Photo Services, Clerk II, November 23, 1976.

KIELBLOCK, Karen J., Library Science, Library Clerk II, October 18, 1976.

PAULINJ Carolyn, Music, Library Clerk II, 50*, November 1, 1976.

PETRIE, Anne M., Music, Clerk Typist II, December 7, 1976.

PHILLIPS, Patricia Ann, Catalog, Library Clerk II, December 7, 1976.(

QUINTAVALLE, Edward J., Circulation, Library Clerk II, September 28, 1976.

RIEGER, Teresa J., Commerce, Library Clerk II, November 22, 1976•

R0BERS0N, Diana, Acquisitions Department, Clerk^Typist I~Learner, September 28, 1976.

ROBINSON, Bonnie G., Catalog, Library Clerk III, September 9* 1976. SATTERTHWAITE, Rebecca, Chemistry Library, Library Clerk II, October 18, 1976•

SCHIED, Suzanne M., Engineering Library, Library Clerk II, October IS, 1976.

SENNING, Stella C, Acquisitions, Library Clerk II, September 29, 1976.

SIMMERER, Norma, Pboto Services, Typing Clerk II, Illini (lirl, October 27, 1976*

SMITH, Jacqueline M., Chemistry Library, Library Clerk II, October U, 1976,

TJARKS, Gail A., Serials Department, Library Clerk III, October 28, 1976.

WALKER, Jeannette R., Shipping, Distribution Clerk I, October 8, 1976.

WRIGHT, Thelma, Circulation, Clerk Typist I-~Learner, September 28, 1976.

YOUNG, Grace H., Special Languages, Clerk Typist III, October 22, 1976.

NONACADEMIC TRANSFERS AND PROMOTIONS BRENNECKE, Susan E., Music Library, Change from Library Clerk II to Library Technical Assistant I in same department, October U, 1976.

GRUBB, Patti A., Change from Commerce Library to Acquisitions, Change from Library Clerk II to Library Clerk III, October k9 1976.

HURST, Susan R«, Change from Acquisitions to Serials, Change from Library Clerk II to Library Clerk III, November 1, 1976.

JASPER, Constance A., Photo Services, Change from Clerk-Typist I~- Learner to Clerk Typist I, October 13, 1976.

KITZMILLER, Sharon Kay, Undergraduate, Change from Library Clerk III to Chief Library Clerk, December 1, 1976.

NETTL, Rebecca C«, Music Library, Change from Library Clerk II to Library Technical Assistant I, November 15, 1976.

GRADUATE ASSISTANT APPOINTMENTS LANIER, Janet, Catalog9 Graduate Assistant, 50%, December 21, 1976. (

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